Originally published in the South Cowichan Echo. Posted with Peter Rusland’s permission By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland A veil of legal secrecy concerning severance of several Cowichan region staffers…
Dara Quast A curious situation has developed at our Regional District. Our staff is leaving, in droves. In a large organization such as the CVRD there is bound to be…
This piece comes from the Edmonton Journal and applies to all of Western Canada, very much including our Cowichan Valley. We can look back and see significant increases in our…
Staff of the Cowichan Leader, 1954 CVMA By Peter W. Rusland Peter Rusland If anyone had told me a year ago my beloved Cowichan News Leader Pictorial would be closed,…
Richard Hughes I am puzzled, as I am sure many readers will be, to learn that the CVRD Electoral Area Directors have by a 5-4 vote followed a staff recommendation…
A petition to the Supreme Court of British Columbia has been filed on behalf of concerned Cowichan Valley residents by Ms. McKenzie requesting a judicial review of the Agricultural Land…
Richard Hughes The CVRD has spent over 3 years and well in excess of 600,000 dollars of our money flip flopping about over the South Island Aggregates (SIA) plan to…
Does local ownership of the economy matter? Rob Douglas Here is Big Idea No.5 Local Ownership from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding…
Here is the CVRD’s late Friday release. In communications circles late Fridays are the time to deliver unpleasant news, firings, and the like. I spoke with CAO Brian Carruthers and…
Protesting Shawnigan residents show no signs of giving up or backing down over the BC Liberal government’s approval allowing South Island Aggregates (SIA) to dump 5 million tonnes of contaminated…
Here is the Big Idea No.3 from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding co-operatives in the Cowicham Region. Big Idea No.3: Community Investment…
Rob Douglas and Roger Hart have rolled up their sleeves and prepared economic development options for Cowichan that are a refreshing alternative that makes a good deal of sense. Well…
This article was originally carried in Victoria’s Focus Online. It covers the issue well but misses the crucial matter of the CVRD Shawnigan land use bylaws that prohibit treating and…
Here is another instalment from Rob Douglas and Roger Hart regarding economic development and the potential of expanding co-operatives in the Cowicham Region. BIG IDEA #1: CO-OPERATIVES Rob Douglas-North Cowichan…
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Sonia Furstenau was elected as Shawnigan’s CVRD Director last November. She inherited a horror show left by the former Doctor Director Bruce Fraser. When news of…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Sonia Furstenau was elected as Director, November 2014 to represent the Shawnigan community at the CVRD Board Table. She was immediately immersed in the struggle to stop…
This is the first of a five part series examining a different approach to beneficial economic development in the Cowichan Valley. Rob Douglas-North Cowichan Councillor Economic development is an area…
BC Government issued a ‘Stop Work’ order instructing SIA to supply full reports on their activities. This is to be reviewed this Friday by MOE. Cowichan NDP MLA Bill Routley…
THE ONE PERCENT TAX RESOLUTION NC Councillor Rob Douglas Every year, elected officials from Vancouver Island, Sunshine Coast, Powell River and the Central Coast meet for the general meeting and…
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal government’s Mines ministry has fully embraced a new political tactic. Screw the law, it is all about rewarding businesses to plunder at will. South…
